I agree on the root pruning. I did the same thing with my Monstera when I brought her home and I was scared since I never done that before, but she’s thriving and I didn’t lose any leaves! 🎉
@LeafyConversations yes it works . I have been pruning roots and all kinds of plants over the years and never had any issues as long as the plant is well hydrated. It makes more sense than to keep putting everything into bigger and bigger pots. Just not enough room. Lol 😆 I have a lot of plants and can't have 30 huge pots with huge plants. 😅
Thank you for this relaxing video. I was ready with my knitting project and my dog on my lap. I forgot all about the coffee, but it was nice to watch while knitting. 😊 I have a huge two years old spider plant that is starting to have babies. She's had a rough life. First a year in a terrarium where woodlouses nibbled on her roots, then a month in a muddy bucket. She looked more dead than alive, but she got fresh soil and a big pot, perfect light and BOOM she grew like an explosion. I'm thinking about putting her into semi hydro for her next repot. Do you have any experience with that?
Thats a Great comeback story. they sure are hardy. No I have never grown a spider in semi hydro. might be worth a shot. I know the babies root great in water. Maybe try some babies first ?? let me know how it turns out,,,,
@LeafyConversations ya if they are rootbound and need bigger pots it just makes more sense to water them throughly a couple days before the root prune and they won't miss a beat. They are very finicky and hate to be messed with
I think I finally figured out that I’m actually an old person trapped in the body of a young person. You probably know your stuff by now, but I’ve had my spider plant for about a year and a half, I started gardening after my wife and I split up. After you prune your root system, inside the soil you’re going to add in, mix in 1/4 blood and bone meal pellets. I’ve found that the green comes in a brighter green and the leaves themselves hold a degree of rigidity even at length, giving you more of a perky look. Granted, I imagine you’re in a humid area, I live in cold af Canada, so I don’t have to contend with that degree of humidity. I subscribed, I need to learn more and you’re the lady I wanna learn from. 10/10.
Exactly what I needed to watch. I have successfully grown a beautiful spider plant that needs repotting but I didn’t want a bigger pot. (I always killed these plants from overwatering…..will, I killed every plant in time) But I’ve had this spider for 18 months with several babies…..some of which I’ve repotted together. But! I need to repot momma. I’m nervous. It’s September but I’m in Oklahoma so cold weather is down the road. The roots are coming out the bottom of the pot. Should I repot now or wait till spring? Thanks
@@tropicalplantmomma . Thanks. I’m nervous about cutting the roots since I don’t have room for a larger plant. But I’ll give it a try since I have three small pots with healthy babies.! I love this plant!
@@twinfin8571 she will be fine. I've done root prun many many times. Watering her well a day or 2 before hand is the trick. She may look a little droopy for about a week but will snap out of it. I understand about bigger pots. It's hard to make room. And especially when it's a hanging plant. One of my favorite classic plants of all time. Good luck and don't be nervous 😊
@@tropicalplantmomma . In the past I didn’t have to worry about bigger pots cuz I was overwatering or putting in too large a pot and I usually had to repot to a smaller one until it died. Lol. I’m so happy to learn all these tricks to maintaining a plant longer then 5 months. I have basic ‘easy’ plants now…..spider, snake, potho. I have a birds nest that I haven’t killed yet and 2 arrowheads and ZZ’s. Also some aloe. I haven’t kept any of those alive in the past but so far so good. I destroyed a beautiful maranta down to 11/2 leaves last year but I ended up keeping it alive and it has 8 leaves now in a 4 inch pot. I’m learning! I had to learn to leave them alone and quit messing with them all the time. They’re much more fun when they don’t rot. 😜
@@twinfin8571 😂😂 yes much nicer when we can keep them ALIVE 😜 glad you are doing so much better with your plants. Nice to stick with the easier ones first and get the hang of plant care
Had to repot my curly spider, but didn't prune her roots, which probably would have been ideal but she's doing ok regardless I gave her extra water before she needed it without thinking and a few leaves went yellow but she's bouncing back, growing new leaves, I haven't watered her for a few weeks now it's winter here so I don't want to risk giving her more water and leaves turn yellow again, with new leaves growing that's a positive... I love seeing update videos after repotting... I still need to find out how to report mine though I swear she's dramatic, especially when her leaves went yellow had to cut a few off then more when more started turning yellow, dramatic or what? 🤣😂
Lol.. yes they can be very temperamental that's for sure! Mine went a little droopy for a few days but nothing to bad and she's looking good now . I have her out on my back porch in a east window and she's likes it there. Even growing more babies.
@@tropicalplantmomma at least some leaves are growing on one spider but the other seems to be done 🤷🏼♀️ I just hope that one recovers, I have 3-4 curly spiders in one pot got from an online store, Thought it was 2 spiders, then realised there was 3 now looks to be 4 I'm hoping they'll pick up and all be ok, otherwise I'm reporting them to the police 🤣😂
You can but you have to keep the soil wet all the time until the roots grow. I find it works well if you do a layer of spagg moss on top of he soil and keep that wet then the roots will grow right down into the soil. But they root super fast in water
@@tropicalplantmomma Well, I just repotted my huge Spider Mama plant, to find out that the roots had grown around a plastic disc (I'm assuming part of the nursery pot). So, I'm glad that I saw your video beforehand, I also had to prune the roots as well. So, I won't be overly concerned if she becomes a bit stressed for a week or two.. Thank you for all your help and advice.
